Overview
Cambridge Consultants is one of the world’s leading product design and development companies, with a reputation for business transformation and value creation for an international client base. We handle multiple projects across a broad range of sectors every year, including:
- Biotech: Enabling industrial biotechnology applications through strain engineering, bioprocess development and scale-up
- Consumer: Product innovation in consumer electronics, pro audio, and smart dispensing and connected sensor systems for consumer goods such as personal care, food & beverage
- Industrial: Technology development in the areas of energy systems, climate tech, smart infrastructure and industrial automation
- Healthcare: Development of surgical systems, drug delivery devices, and diagnostics platforms
- Defence: Creating secure end-to-end systems for government clients, covering areas like sensing, communications, tracking, location, and data analysis
As part of a multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will provide critical laboratory expertise and practical support across various innovative projects.
If you have hands-on laboratory experience and a passion for tackling diverse challenges, we encourage you to read the full job profile.
The role
Our work spans full product development from concept to manufacturing, as well as offering consulting services on technology, innovation, and R&D processes.
As a laboratory technician, your responsibilities will include a variety of tasks such as evaluating and testing systems and devices, conducting basic wet chemistry, supporting laboratory equipment, and providing safety training.
Key responsibilities
As a Laboratory Technician, you will play a vital role in supporting various projects, with responsibilities that include:
- General laboratory housekeeping and maintenance
- Monitoring stock levels of general supplies
- Conducting daily and weekly equipment checks
- Performing verification testing and evaluating systems and devices under development
- Following standard operating procedures and adhering to health and safety regulations in each workspace
- Preparing stock solutions and work solutions as needed by project teams
- Preparing reagents, samples, and media using aseptic techniques, supporting the needs of various project stakeholders in our biotech labs
- Accurately recording and reporting results to team members
- Assisting the Laboratory Manager with essential safety training for engineers and scientists
- Advising engineers on laboratory safety practices and the proper use of laboratory equipment
- Participating in mechanical rig assembly and testing, as required
Requirements
- Proven experience working in a laboratory, test house, or within production QA processes.
- Prior experience conducting medical device testing in compliance with ISO 13485 standards is desirable but not required
- Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Strong ability to perform hands-on laboratory procedures in a methodical, precise, and safe manner
- Flexible and organized, with the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously (strong multitasking skills)
- Adaptable to changing project demands and requirements
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Competency with standard IT packages, including Microsoft Office applications
- Strong verbal and communication skills, capable of delivering essential safety training to engineers and scientists, and providing guidance on laboratory equipment
Future prospects
Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees' careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit.
Diversity & Inclusion
Cambridge Consultants is a workplace where everyone is welcome. When the brightest minds come together and feel included, that’s when we develop the most important technology breakthroughs. We believe that diversity can only flourish when everyone feels involved and has a sense of belonging. We welcome and value all people regardless of their characteristics and encourage applications from all backgrounds and dimensions of society.